- present participle of forfeit.
forfeiting
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For years, baseball coaches have broken rules by holding batting practice before playoff games, resulting in teams forfeiting and coaches learning ignorance of a rule is no excuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Rather than insuring against a specific risk that went badly in the past, “the government started heading off opportunities for risk altogether, explicitly forfeiting growth in exchange for safety.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"We want the Lebanese state to negotiate for itself, and nobody is suggesting forfeiting this role," Fayyad said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
Armstrong adds that investors should get a discount for forfeiting control: "I want to pay less for a company where my ownership does not include control."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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